Watson v. Swann
Supreme Court of Georgia
Levy and sale. Taxes. Constables. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Douglas superior court. July adjourned term, 1888. Three executions in favor of Alfred Austell against "W. N. Magouirk were levied on certain land, to which J. P. Watson interposed a claim.
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Levy and sale. Taxes. Constables. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Douglas superior court. July adjourned term, 1888. Three executions in favor of Alfred Austell against "W. N. Magouirk were levied on certain land, to which J. P. Watson interposed a claim. Two of these executions, issued from a justice’s court,- were dated December 2d, 1876, based upon judgments obtained August 12th, 1876; and the entries of levy by the constable thereon recite that no personal property of the defendant was to be found in the county. The other execution, issued from the superior court, was dated August 5th,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff* in error relied in argument upon the sole ground that the court erred in excluding the tax fi. fas., the entries thereon and the sheriff’s deed. These fi. fas. were issued, one of them for the State and county taxes of 1877, the other for the State and county taxes of 1878; one for $72.54, the other for $70.24. They were each levied by a constable, and the shei’iff’s deed purported to be made in consequence of a sale under these fi. fas. and two others, the other two, as recited in the deed, being for taxes of 1879 and 1880. The evidence was excluded on…
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